----- Original Message ----- > From: "Historydocs" <historydocs@whs.wisc.edu> > To: "Melissa McLimans" <mamclimans@whs.wisc.edu> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:12 PM > Subject: Wisconsin Name Index > > > > Dear Wisconsin GenWeb Coordinators, > > > > Last winter the Wisconsin Historical Society announced the creation of > > the Wisconsin Name Index, an online database leading to over 100,000 > > obituaries, biographical sketches and newspaper articles, all about > > Wisconsin ancestors. The Name Index was a huge success, allowing > > researchers to look up ancestors in more than 1,500 books and > > periodicals found in libraries or to order paper copies directly from > > us. However, there was one resounding comment*add more content. > > > > Over the past year, the Wisconsin Historical Society has done just > > that. We have added over 60,000 entries from a variety of sources. > > Some sources focused on local county histories, with biographical > > sketches; others were professional histories, many highlighting the > > women of Wisconsin, while still others centered on Wisconsin's > > military history. > > > > I would like to invite you to visit our website at > > www.wisconsinhistory.org/wni to learn more about our resource. We > > have received many emails from users expressing their pleasure and > > excitement about the Wisconsin Name Index. One customer wrote, "* I > > would like to let you know that your hard work is a big help for those > > who are researching their family history". We are so glad to be able > > to help researchers from across the country and hope that you will share > > the Wisconsin Name Index and our other genealogical services with your > > members and other family historians. > > > > Please feel free to share the content of this letter or our website > > (www.wisconsinhistory.org) in your newsletter or website. We would love > > it if you would add us to your links page if we are not already there. > > If you have any questions about what the Wisconsin Genealogical Research > > Service offers, send me an email with your question. I would love to > > hear from you. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > Melissa A. McLimans > > Manager, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service > > Historydocs@whs.wisc.edu > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Taylor County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witaylor/ > >